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Looks like a spaceship! Fiberglass sucks but nice to know how to do and really pretty easy.

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I have only used FiberGlas Evercoat Marine Grade Resin, never ever had a fire, but did have a few batches not kick over when the sun went down.

My exwifes second husband worked there so I got my resin and hardener for free.

Subbox from 1997

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this is my favorite to use for most projects. there are some other things i use when i need more working time though

http://www.vernk.com/images/Epoxy/WestSystemEpoxy.jpg

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I believe that's what my dad uses for his projects, I should pick some of that up.

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its cheap. i think its like $100 for that kit. i have never bought any myself, i always just make my projects at work and use their resin. thats what we use for the smaller repairs that certain resins arent required

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Looking from the back of it. It looks like a spaceship. Did you test out to see if the foam with melt with anything such as gas so you can remove it? Looks good so far but I suck at working with fiberglass. That ---- is so messy.
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I have to agree it's really messy.

I've heard that acetone will remove it, that might get even messier :)

My concern was more that it would melt in contact with the resin itself, so I did a test piece and it didn't seem to affect it, so I just laid the fiberglass right over the top of it.

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Ive removed foam from fiberglass using acetone before. Its turns into a bubble gum like substance, a bit of a pain in the ass but doable. Just make sure wherever you are doing it is well ventilated. You will also need quite a bit of acetone. Probably a full liter to do that.

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That ---- looks great. I've also thought about using that foam to glass over. Glad I know it works now.

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So what's the rest of the bike look like is what is the other bike for that matter?